The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1984

7,341 different boys’ names were recorded in 1984, covering 1,804,848 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Michael	67,735
2	Christopher	60,021
3	Matthew	49,767
4	Joshua	40,266
5	David	38,492
6	Daniel	36,531
7	James	35,859
8	John	32,610
9	Robert	31,768
10	Joseph	30,513
11	Jason	29,953
12	Ryan	28,724
13	Justin	26,769
14	Andrew	25,916
15	Brandon	25,673
16	William	24,900
17	Brian	24,720
18	Adam	23,939
19	Jonathan	23,345
20	Nicholas	21,017
21	Anthony	20,956
22	Eric	20,955
23	Steven	18,217
24	Kevin	17,858
25	Thomas	17,596
26	Timothy	16,987
27	Richard	15,607
28	Jeffrey	14,758
29	Aaron	13,401
30	Benjamin	13,266
31	Jeremy	13,250
32	Mark	13,214
33	Charles	12,942
34	Kyle	12,546
35	Stephen	12,096
36	Patrick	11,524
37	Jacob	11,358
38	Nathan	10,614
39	Scott	10,574
40	Paul	10,460
41	Dustin	10,403
42	Travis	10,241
43	Sean	10,024
44	Gregory	9,688
45	Zachary	9,065
46	Kenneth	8,790
47	Tyler	8,705
48	Bryan	8,270
49	Jose	8,013
50	Jesse	7,606
51	Chad	7,062
52	Derek	6,972
53	Bradley	6,567
54	Alexander	6,492
55	Samuel	6,362
56	Shawn	6,049
57	Marcus	5,996
58	Edward	5,914
59	Jared	5,685
60	Peter	5,633
61	Keith	5,327
62	Cody	5,209
63	Donald	5,062
64	Juan	4,644
65	Jordan	4,540
66	Joel	4,524
67	Ronald	4,507
68	George	4,265
69	Corey	4,243
70	Phillip	4,234
71	Douglas	4,142
72	Brett	4,096
73	Raymond	3,971
74	Carlos	3,964
75	Craig	3,959
76	Gary	3,951
77	Antonio	3,880
78	Ian	3,796
79	Derrick	3,661
80	Nathaniel	3,600
81	Philip	3,519
82	Casey	3,511
83	Cory	3,505
84	Erik	3,422
85	Shane	3,335
86	Frank	3,330
87	Gabriel	3,325
88	Luis	3,261
89	Brent	3,186
90	Victor	3,178
91	Larry	3,105
92	Todd	3,104
93	Alex	3,026
94	Jeffery	3,025
95	Vincent	2,972
96	Curtis	2,959
97	Dennis	2,953
98	Evan	2,937
99	Seth	2,911
100	Randy	2,909
101	Wesley	2,799
102	Jeremiah	2,776
103	Blake	2,759
104	Christian	2,726
105	Alan	2,702
106	Russell	2,685
107	Adrian	2,656
108	Carl	2,567
109	Jesus	2,513
110	Luke	2,471
111	Jerry	2,457
112	Tony	2,440
113	Miguel	2,419
114	Troy	2,412
115	Trevor	2,359
116	Mario	2,348
117	Austin	2,339
118	Terry	2,335
119	Andre	2,316
120	Johnny	2,271
121	Shaun	2,251
122	Ricardo	2,209
123	Devin	2,175
124	Lee	2,164
125	Mitchell	2,151
126	Martin	2,136
127	Lance	2,135
128	Allen	2,121
129	Bobby	2,119
130	Lucas	2,115
131	Marc	2,102
132	Johnathan	2,099
133	Chase	2,091
134	Jimmy	2,069
135	Henry	2,032
136	Danny	2,000
137	Kristopher	1,984
138	Ricky	1,981
139	Mathew	1,968
140	Billy	1,946
141	Albert	1,885
142	Jonathon	1,870
143	Lawrence	1,868
144	Jorge	1,867
145	Clinton	1,851
146	Manuel	1,850
147	Jon	1,848
148	Randall	1,847
149	Micheal	1,833
150	Clayton	1,818
151	Francisco	1,810
152	Colin	1,768
153	Drew	1,765
154	Jamie	1,764
155	Ross	1,744
156	Garrett	1,731
157	Roger	1,718
158	Louis	1,711
159	Arthur	1,700
160	Isaac	1,692
161	Walter	1,689
162	Roberto	1,673
163	Caleb	1,650
164	Cameron	1,641
165	Rodney	1,626
166	Willie	1,606
167	Joe	1,592
168	Maurice	1,590
169	Grant	1,589
170	Jermaine	1,579
171	Jay	1,554
172	Darren	1,548
173	Jack	1,483
174	Wayne	1,478
175	Bruce	1,460
176	Gerald	1,444
177	Calvin	1,440
178	Oscar	1,421
179	Angel	1,418
180	Taylor	1,416
181	Javier	1,389
182	Roy	1,383
183	Ruben	1,374
184	Edwin	1,347
185	Hector	1,336
185	Reginald	1,336
187	Darrell	1,335
188	Brendan	1,332
189	Geoffrey	1,324
190	Alejandro	1,320
191	Fernando	1,284
191	Sergio	1,284
193	Omar	1,271
194	Noah	1,246
195	Dominic	1,239
196	Brad	1,237
197	Frederick	1,221
198	Terrance	1,214
199	Jerome	1,180
200	Jaime	1,175

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1984 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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